Part 1762

<hw>Cer"o*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. \'b5 wax + <ets>-lite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.</def>

<h1>Ceroma</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Ce*ro"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ ointment for wrestlers, the place for wrestling, fr. <?/ to wax over, fr. <?/ wax.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestles were anointed among the ancient Romans.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anc. Arch.)</fld> <def>That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The cere of birds.</def>

<h1>Ceromancy</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"o*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ wax + <ets>-mancy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divination by dropping melted wax in water.</def>

<h1>Ceroon</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Ce*roon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Seroon</er>.]</ety> <def>A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; <as>as, a <ex>ceroon</ex> of indigo, cochineal, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Ceroplastic</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Ce`ro*plas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ for modeling in wax; <?/ wax + <?/ to form, mold.]</ety> <fld>(Fine arts)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Relating to the art of modeling in wax.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Modeled in wax; <as>as, a <ex>ceroplastic</ex> figure</as>.</def>

<h1>Ceroplastics, Ceroplasty</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw><hw>Ce`ro*plas"tics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ce`ro*plas"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/ art): cf. F. <ets>c\'82roplastique</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art of modeling in wax.</def>

<h1>Cerosin</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"o*sin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cera</ets> wax.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white lamin\'91.</def>

<h1>Cerote</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Ce"rote</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Obs</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Cerate</er>.</def>

<h1>Cerotene</h1> <Xpage=234>

<hw>Cer"o*tene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cerotum</ets> a pomade. See <er>Cerate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin.</def>

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<h1>Cerotic</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Ce*rot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cerotene</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; <as>as, <ex>cerotic</ex> acid or alcohol</as>.</def>

<h1>Cerotin</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer"o*tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Cerotene</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline substance, <chform>C27H55.OH</chform>, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called also <altname>cerotic alcohol</altname>, <altname>ceryl alcohol</altname>.</def>

<h1>Cerrial</h1> <Xpage=235>

<hw>Cer"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cerreus</ets>, fr. <ets>cerrus</ets> a kind of oak.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the cerris.</def>

<blockquote>Chaplets green of <b>cerrial</b> oak. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cerris</h1> <Xpage=235>